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Prevalence, distribution, and diversity of cryptic piroplasm infections in raccoons from selected areas of the United States and Canada

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  • 1. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 140 Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA & Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, 589 DW Brooks Drive, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
  • 2. Louisiana Department of Health, 628 N. 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA, 70802, USA
  • 3. Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), 3883 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel Island, FL, 33957, USA
  • 4. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 140 Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA & Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, P.O. Drawer E., Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
  • 5. Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2001 Elmerton Ave, Harrisburg, PA, 17110, USA
  • 6. New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board, 2100 Leon C Simon Dr., New Orleans, LA, 70122, USA
  • 7. Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Campus, PO Box 550, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada
  • 8. Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, 95616, USA & Integral Ecology Research Center, 239 Railroad Ave, Blue Lake, CA, 95525, USA
  • 9. PAWS, 15305 44th Ave W, Lynnwood, WA, 98087, USA
  • 10. Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, TAMU 4458, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
  • 11. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 140 Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA & Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, 589 DW Brooks Drive, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA & Young Scholars Program at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
  • 12. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 140 Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA
  • 13. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, 140 Green Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA & Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
  • 14. Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E., Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
  • 15. Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, 5761 Ute Hwy, Longmont, CO, 80503, USA
  • 16. Dickerson Park Zoo, 3043 North Fort, Springfield, MO, 65803, USA
  • 17. Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota, 2530 Dale St N, Roseville, MN, 55113, USA
  • 18. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health, 2020 Gravier Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

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Garrett, Kayla B., Hernandez, Sonia M., Balsamo, Gary, Barron, Heather, Beasley, James C., Brown, Justin D., Cloherty, Erin, Farid, Hossain, Gabriel, Mourad, Groves, Bethany, Hamer, Sarah, Hill, Julia, Lewis, Meghan, McManners, Katie, Nemeth, Nicole, Oesterle, Paul, Ortiz, Sebastian, Peshock, Lea, Schnellbacher, Rodney, Schott, Renee, Straif-Bourgeois, Susanne, Yabsley, Michael J. (2019): Prevalence, distribution, and diversity of cryptic piroplasm infections in raccoons from selected areas of the United States and Canada. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 9: 224-233, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.007

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